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Guns and More Guns
 New York Times
By now, the logic is almost automatic. A shooter takes innocent lives, and someone says that if the victims had been armed, this wouldn’t have happened. The only solution to a gun in the wrong hands, it seems, is a gun in the hands of everyone.
A Choice in Mexico
 Los Angeles Times
The laws regulating sexuality in Mexico, the world's second-most-populous Catholic nation, are more discriminatory toward women than most people realize. Which is why Mexico City's decision this week to legalize abortions during the first three months of pregnancy marks such an important change.
Bush Blames the Troops
 Robert Scheer
Blame it on the military but make it look like you're supporting the troops. That's been the convenient gambit of failed emperors throughout history as they witnessed their empires decline. Not surprisingly then, it's become the standard rhetorical trick employed by President Bush in shirking responsibility for the Iraq debacle of his making.
Mexico City, Abortion, and What Might Have Been
 Henry Bowles
Mexico City's legalization of first trimester abortions - carried out by a legislature, not a court - should serve as an instructive reminder of how things might have been in the United States had the Supreme Court not intervened in 1973.
Migrants Used to Justify a Homeland Security Police State
 Peter Phillips
Threats of terrorism and twelve million "illegal" immigrants are being used to justify new police-state measures in the United States. Coordinated mass arrests, big brother spy blimps, expanded detention centers, repeal of the Posse Comitatus Act, and suspension of habeas corpus have all been recently implemented and are ready to use against anyone in the US.
Support the Troops by Bringing Them Home
 Garett Reppenhagen, Michael T. McPhearson & Kevin Martin
President Bush is playing a game of political chicken with Democratic Congressional leaders over nearly $100 billion to fund his war policies in a supplemental appropriations bill.
The Problem With Alberto
 Elizabeth de la Vega
After a day of testimony that showed Alberto Gonzales to be so self-contradictory, so conveniently vacant and - at times - so simply risible that even radio listeners could feel the disgust that permeated the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room, we are all waiting to learn the attorney general's fate.
Mexico Must Encourage an Entrepreneurial Culture
 Allan Wall
At the outset, the entrepreneur does not know whether his venture will succeed or fail. But when it does succeed, it creates more jobs for his fellow citizens, which is what Mexico sorely needs.
Iraq Disaster May Cool War Fever
 Ivan Eland
America's problems in Afghanistan and Iraq may have one positive effect: They will cause the US public to withhold support for future military interventions that are not absolutely necessary for US security.
Gonzales v. Gonzales
 The New York Times
If Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had gone to the Senate Thursday to convince the world that he ought to be fired, it's hard to imagine how he could have done a better job, short of simply admitting the obvious: that the firing of eight United States attorneys was a partisan purge.
A Terrorist Goes Free
 Bernardo Álvarez Herrera
The Bush administration has refused to extradite Luis Posada for his role in the terrorist bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976 that killed 73 people. Instead, he now faces charges of immigration fraud, a travesty that could be equaled only by charging Osama bin Laden with entering and leaving Pakistan without a visa.
The STRIVE Act Is a False Promise
 Lillian Galedo
On the street, true immigration reform means: fixing the family reunification system so families won't be separated; legalization for the undocumented without incremental phases that stretch out for years; due process and equal rights for immigrants; immigrant worker freedom from exploitation and employer abuse, and an end to criminalization of immigrants on the border and in the interior.
The Pitfalls of Democracy: A Mexican Viewpoint
 Carlos Luken
Democracy is a wondrous thing: its absence is suffocating and oppressive, the struggle to attain it is painful and dangerous, yet once obtained it’s confusing and treacherous.
Calderon Gives Life to Plan Puebla-Panama
 Sam Logan
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has re-initialized a plan for regional integration in an attempt to make the dreams of his predecessor come true. And with a little help from Washington, Fox's dream could very well become Calderon's reality.
Denying the Right to Choose
 The New York Times
Among the major flaws in yesterday's Supreme Court decision giving the federal government power to limit a woman's right to make decisions about her health was its fundamental dishonesty.
Leftists Lean on the Latin American Media
 Carlos Lauría
Latin America’s new leftist leaders may try to portray themselves as good news for the press, using the rhetoric of liberal democracy. But political and media analysts say these recently installed left-wing administrations are deeply rooted in the region’s longstanding culture of authoritarianism.
The Mexican Option
 Moneyweb
Alejandro Quiroz Flores describes how the PRI in Mexico, one of the world's most successful ruling parties, managed the succession issue through its seven decades in power.
Eight Years After Columbine
 The New York Times
Yesterday's mass shooting at Virginia Tech - the worst in American history - is another horrifying reminder that some of the gravest dangers Americans face come from killers at home armed with guns that are frighteningly easy to obtain.
Would Legal Drugs End Cartel Violence in Mexico?
 Allan Wall
The Mexican war on drugs continues. In a recent international summit in Campeche, Mexico, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe pledged to work together to fight the drug cartels.
In Mexico, Powerful Forces Drive a Furious Debate Over Abortion
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Tens of thousands of women who undergo illegal abortions in Mexico each year are at the nexus of a furious cultural debate gripping this nation, which allows abortion only in limited cases, including rape and when the mother's life is in danger.
Loosening the Stem Cell Binds
 The New York Times
A substantial majority of Americans tell pollsters they support embryonic stem cell research. Yet one man, President Bush, and a minority of his party, the religious and social conservatives, are once again trying to impose their moral code on the rest of the nation and stand in the way of scientific progress.
For God's Sake
 Paul Krugman
The infiltration of the federal government by large numbers of people seeking to impose a religious agenda - which is very different from simply being people of faith - is one of the most important stories of the last six years.
Take a Moment for Death
 William Rivers Pitt
Let's take a moment, you and I, to slice through the shouting and the posturing and the politics. Let's elbow out some space, just a wee margin, away from fired US Attorneys and Gonzales and subpoenas and Karl Rove, away from Cheney and Bush and spending bills and withdrawal plans and all the rest of it.
Edwards: The True Democratic Candidate?
 Domenico Maceri
John Edwards became wealthy with his work as a lawyer in personal injury cases fighting against insurance companies. Edwards was not afraid of going after the legal eagles of corporations. It seems that he will pick up his David-vs.-Goliath role in the presidential election.
Iraqis Finally Unite - Against the US
 Robert Scheer
Colin Powell was only partially right when he warned before the U.S. invasion, "If you break it, you own it." What he didn't add is that the locals will hate you for it, and try to kill you every day until you give it back.
Free Trade with the U.S. has Failed to Close the Income Gap or Create Quality Jobs
 Jean-Yves LeFort
What proponents of deep integration are not telling you is this: the notion that NAFTA has been good for average Canadians, Americans and Mexicans is a lie. The truth is that NAFTA has been responsible for growing poverty, the creation of a new underclass called the “working poor,” and the concentration of wealth in the hands of fewer and fewer people.
The Government & the Drug Lords: Who Rules Mexico?
 Council On Hemispheric Affairs
In Mexico, President Felipe Calderon may be the constitutionally-elected leader of the nation, but in reality, drug cartels and warlords exercise de facto authority over much of the area.
Mexico's Military and the Murder at Zongolica (II)
 Erich Adolfo Moncada Cota
Last month, Atzompa citizens accused Mexican army soldiers of committing the rape and killing of an indigenous 73-year-old poor woman. President Calderon and the Defense Ministry stood up to defend the soldiers' innocence, while opposition political parties, nongovernmental organizations and alternative media suggested otherwise.
Slim Makes Underwhelming Contribution to Mexico
 Allan Wall
Each year, Forbes magazine publishes a list of the world’s billionaires. The 2007 list is headed up by Bill Gates, who is worth US$56 billion, followed up by investor Warren Buffet, at US$52 billion. But do you know who the world’s third-richest man is?
Sweet Little Lies
 Paul Krugman
Four years into a war fought to eliminate a nonexistent threat, we all have renewed appreciation for the power of the Big Lie: people tend to believe false official claims about big issues, because they can't picture their leaders being dishonest about such things.
Bush/Cheney Still Lie With Abandon
 Robert Parry
What makes George W. Bush and Dick Cheney such extraordinary threats to the future of American democracy is their readiness to tell half-truths and outright lies consistently without any apparent fear of accountability.
The US-Mexican Border: The Increasing Risk of Abductions
 Stratfor.com
Cross-border abductions of U.S. citizens have been increasing along the U.S.-Mexican border, a trend that is yet another example of the deteriorating security situation along the 2,000-mile frontier.
What If Iran Had Invaded Mexico?
 Noam Chomsky
Doubtless Iran's government merits harsh condemnation. It is, however, useful to ask how we would act if Iran had invaded and occupied Canada and Mexico and was arresting U.S. government representatives there on the grounds that they were resisting the Iranian occupation.
The American Tragedy of John McCain
 William Rivers Pitt
Arizona Sen. John McCain took a walk through a Baghdad market on April Fool's Day, and may well have burned his presidential campaign down to the ground in the process.
Will We Have Enough Workers?
 Shannon O'Neil
As many in Congress, in the media and in homes across the country debate the best way to stem the flow of undocumented workers across the Rio Grande, they don't seem to be aware that this perceived problem is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Silence Is Betrayal
 Stephen F. Rohde
Forty years ago, on April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful and inspiring speech at Riverside Church in New York City which has become known as Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.
Battle Over Habeas Corpus Returns
 William Fisher
What could turn out to be an epic battle is brewing in the US Senate. But unlike most of this chamber's epic battles, this one pits Republican against Republican. The battle is over the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007.
Iraq War: Counting the Cost
 Stewart A. Alexander
The U.S. has just entered into the fifth year of the Iraq War and the cost has escalated far beyond the original estimates of the Bush Administration and U.S. military experts. Prior to the invasion, March 19, 2003, it was anticipated that the major conflict would have been accomplished in less than six months.
Raising Roberto (Again)
 Mara Altman
On January 26, 2005, Specialist Roberto Reyes Jr. was returning to base after a five-day mission when the Humvee he was riding in hit a mine just west of Baghdad. In previous wars, Reyes likely would have been just another casualty. But in Iraq, only one in 100 injured soldiers have lost their lives.
Immigration Policy Should Protect Human Rights
 David Bacon
For the last several months, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have carried out well-publicized immigration raids in factories, meatpacking plants, janitorial services and other workplaces employing immigrants. ICE calls the workers criminals, because immigration law forbids employers to hire them.
Europe No Longer Makes People Dream
 Jean-Marcel Bouguereau
While it's getting ready to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome in Berlin, Europe no longer makes people dream. It's as though a drive had broken. And yet, the very fact that the ceremonies are taking place in Berlin is highly symbolic.
Capital in Emerging Markets and the Health of Mexican Economics
 Tomas Hes
Richard Bernstein from Merrill Lynch compares emerging markets to popcorn in a microwave. One kernel pops, seemingly in an isolated event: but then another goes up and another, until the entire pack blows up.
Latin America: 'Bush, Get Out!'
 Federico Fuentes
Today in Latin America, the unfolding rebellion is taking the form of a movement towards continental unity, which Bush's tour was aimed at countering.
Bush Cultivating His New Amigo
 Maria Elena Salinas
For Mexico, according to Calderon, it was Fox's insistence on making the immigration debate the one issue that would define the relationship that prevented it from moving forward.
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